sfgate.com - 11/5/2008
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Hall's agent, Alvin Keels, declined comment when reached by phone. The Raiders did not make any announcement. Why release Hall with eight games to play? Hall admittedly struggled to adapt to the Raiders' style of man-coverage defense, enough so that Raiders owner Al Davis decided he'd seen ...
sports.espn.go.com - 11/5/2008
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sports.espn.go.com —
Angered by the Oakland Raiders' 2-6 start, team
owner Al Davis asked his front office staff to...
explore the possibility of releasing several players, including cornerback DeAngelo Hall, according to multiple sources.
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Raiders expected to release CB DeAngelo Hall
profootballtalk.com - 11/5/2008
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profootballtalk.com —
In the wake of the news that the
Raiders soon will release cornerback DeAngelo Hall, a league...
source tells us that as many as 15 other current members of the team could be gone before next year. The source believes that the purge will include receiver ...
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HALL THE FIRST STEP OF A SILVER AND BLACK PURGE?
blogs.nfl.com - 11/5/2008
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blogs.nfl.com —
Oakland captured the NFL's attention when it fired
Lane Kiffin and hired Tom Cable . Now it...
is about to do it again -- in a far more stunning fashion. The Raiders are on the verge of releasing Pro Bowl cornerback DeAngelo Hall on Wednesday, according ...
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Raiders could release CB Hall
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WEDNESDAY MORNING ONE-PER-CLUB ONE-LINERS
ProFootballTalk.com —
... . With CB DeAngelo Hall apparently on the way out, the Raiders will now turn their attention to locking up CB Nnamdi Asomugha. Chargers G Kris Dielman spent his day off ...
The Oakland Raiders begin to cut dead weight: ...
Deadspin —
... The Oakland Raiders begin to cut dead weight: "The Raiders waived the two-time Pro Bowl cornerback after eight games Tuesday. The stunning move is designed to cut the team's financial losses before Hall makes any more money, a team source told The Chronicle. That means Hall will have made $8 million for eight games while the Falcons got a second-round draft pick in their offseason trade with Oakland." [SF Chronicle] ...
DeAngelo Hall To Be Released By Raiders On Wednesday, Javon Walker Could Be Soon
FanIQ Blog —
... Well, apparently the time has come for all of this to stop. The Raiders are on the verge of supposedly letting a whole slew of players go, and they started it by cutting cornerback DeAngelo Hall. And ...
DeAngelo Hall is a Mouthy, Unemployed Bum
The Big Lead —
... just last year for Hall … Hall received a pink slip this morning, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. As Hall’s talent has eroded, his mouth has exploded. It all seemed to go downhilll in December of 2006 when ...
Raiders kiss D-Hall goodbye
SmackCaster SmackBlog —
... The Oakland Raiders signed DeAngelo Hall to a $70 million contract. After eight games, they have decided to cut their losses. Maybe he wasn’t the same without having former Hokie Michael Vick around. What a total disaster everywhere you turn for a once-might franchise. ...
Kevin Johnson now mayor of Sacramento
SmackCaster SmackBlog —
... Former NBA star Kevin Johnson was elected as Mayor of Sacramento on Tuesday."I feel a sense of urgency," he told The Bee today. "We have some big challenges ahead in Sacramento to move the city forward. "Two things immediately: We need a short-term and long-term game plan for the budget, and I really want to try to bring unity with the council members. We are all going to have to come together to get through these tough days ahead." The paper ...
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Simply put: Worst team in Raiders' history
sfgate.com 11/3/2008 — At least recorded history. What the Raiders have done behind closed doors over the years is their business. Maybe I'm overreacting, still in shock after witnessing the 24-0 loss to the visiting-but-right-at-home Atlanta Falcons. That loss was uglier ...
FOX Sports on MSN - NFL - Report: Raiders waive Hall, eye Walker next
msn.foxsports.com 11/5/2008 — Now he's in cost-cutting mode. A report in the San Franisco Chronicle Wednesday says the Raiders have waived Hall, meaning the team paid him $8 million for eight games. He was also due $16.5 million next season. Hall led the Raiders with three ...
Hall faces uncertain future after being released by Raiders
nfl.com 11/6/2008 — Two years removed from his second Pro Bowl, cornerback DeAngelo Hall said he doesn't think his release from the Oakland Raiders eight games into the season has damaged his reputation as a good player or, he hopes, as a person. "I don't think so," ...
HALL OUT IN OAKLAND?
profootballtalk.com 11/5/2008 — Wow.
The DeAngelo Hall experiment in Oakland could be ending, as soon as Wednesday.
Wow.
Per Adam Schefter of NFL Network, the Raiders would make the move in order to avoid $16 million in injury-guaranteed bonuses.
Schefter reports that the move was ...
Where everybody knows Raiders' names?
tfdssports.com 12/27/2008 — Let me apologize for the late post. Technical difficulties prevented me from getting this post up earlier. Sometimes things are beyond your control and other times, they are beyond comprehension. My technical difficulties fell into both areas last night.
Which brings me to the Raiders and the ...
Cable invokes the past and gets his first win
myespn.go.com 10/20/2008 — Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson Kyle Terada/US Presswire Oakland coach Tom Cable celebrates during the Raiders' 16-13 overtime win over the New YOrk Jets Sunday. OAKLAND -- Tom Cable isassimilating well to Raiders football. ...
Raiders set to Jettison DeAngelo Hall —
Bleacher Report - NFL 11/5/2008
The Oakland Raiders came to the realization that the DeAngelo Hall experiment has not worked. This decision proves that the team made a mistake in signing him in the offseason and basically squandering a second round draft pick in the process. ...
